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Your View: Letters to the editor (Feb. 8)

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02/08/2013 01:00:00 AM MST

Alarmed by fee

I just read in the Sun-News (1/24) that Mayor Ken and the rest of the liberals, oops! progressives, are going to fine homeowners with alarms that go off for no reason and the police have to investigate, this I agree with. What I don't agree with is a $25 annual fee paid to the city for having an alarm, which is just another way for the city to shaft the public.

To you homeowners with alarms, don't pay the fee, because you may get lucky the way the red light runners did when the city did not collect from them. To the alarm companies, when they ask for a list of the people that have alarms, take the city to court to see if it's legal to shaft homeowners this way. You can also do what I did for an alarm, a noisy dog when someone comes to the house and a 12 gauge. What a sneaky way to pay for the "small raise of $9,000" for our city manager!

Council, you should be ashamed of this devious manner to collect more revenue, even if King Ken thinks it's a grand idea. It's legalized stealing, and to think I was even considering an alarm.

RON BURNS

Las Cruces

Stay the course:

Why do the liberals keep attacking Susana Martinez and Steve Pearce, jealousy? The fact they won their elections by a majority, their voting records shows they do what is best for their constituents and our beliefs of why we voted for them. That means the greater populace voted for them based on what they represented and they have stayed that course. I respect people that do what is best, even when it's not the most popular thing to do.

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Look at the northern part of the state at Udall, Heinrich and Lujan. They do promise a good show, but look at their voting record. They are just yes men. Have you ever seen them go against the grain and or protect you? On jobs, did you ever see yes people? They profess to helping us seniors, did any of them ask for the money that was raided from Social Security back? Of course not, that takes courage.

So I ask, do you want yes men or a person that has a backbone and will do what's right for all. Obama won in every state that did not require a voter ID law and lost in the ones that did, go fishing on that one. He now wants to give 200 main line battle tanks and F16 fighter planes to Egypt on top of the $1 billion to the Muslim Brotherhood. Watch out Israel, hell is coming.

Democrats being in charge in New Mexico for some time, their agenda places us near last place especially in education and poverty. Let's get behind the governor and Congressman Steve Pearce. Trying something new is not a bad thing, the past programs are failing.

JOHN SELLINGER

Las Cruces

LULAC thanks

The LULAC Las Cruces Council No. 120 would like to thank you for your donation to our 8th Annual Navidad En El Barrio. Due to your continued generosity, we were able to put smiles on the faces of the less-fortunate of our community. It is only through your donations that bring our community full circle. Please note that your kindness is deeply appreciated.

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